32 quotes found
“It would kill the past, and when that was dead, he would be free.”
“Absolution is the washing away of sin. The promise of rebirth. And the chance to escape the transgressions of those who came before us. The best among us will learn from the mistakes of the past, w...”
“I find something repulsive about the idea of vicarious redemption. I would not throw my numberless sins onto a scapegoat and expect them to pass from me; we rightly sneer at the barbaric societies ...”
“Forgiveness is really about absolution: to set free. But if you look carefully at the dynamic, the one youre setting free is yourself.”
“The idea that sins can be forgiven is at the root of mankind's problems. Everyone pays...sooner or later.”
“The sum of a person's life is not determined by one action. It is what you do with the time you are given that matters.”
“You are reformed, you may be a better man, but you are not a different man. How can you convince yourself of such a thing when you are so conversant with the theology of your faith? From one end of...”
“Absolution exists, call it Christian or whatever. Its far older than any creed, and one of our blessings.”
“Absolution is the most powerful form of forgiveness. A full pardon from suspicion and accountability. It's the liberation of a stolen future. A future my father never lived to see. Absolution is a ...”
“Someone's forgiveness will not heal you; condemnation or absolution is their test, not yours.”
“Only through Absolution will you reach the Absolute.”
“Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better ne...”
“Time made apologies and absolution unnecessary. Time didn't really heal, it just made bad memories distant so that the brain couldn't recapture the lost pain”
“To maintain an ignorance of oneself, is to grieve for the absolution of life.”
“Perhaps this is the purpose of detective investigations, real and fictional -- to transform sensation, horror and grief into a puzzle, and then to solve the puzzle, to make it go away. 'The detecti...”
“ Carlyle Labuschagne 2014" As I watched her run down the path and melt with the shadows, I wasn't sure how to feel about her, or the fact that I may just have aided in her escape and doomed us all....”
“You must firmly, absolutely and ruthlessly protect your safety and sanity.”
“Being alone will show you who you really are, and if you cannot get-on positively as the sole master of your space in that room alone, then you can absolutely forget about it after you add another ...”
“The moment of confession is not merely when one hears another pronounce the words: God forgives you, or 'in God's name I absolve you.' Rather it is that point at which the sinner unfeignedly experi...”
“Absolution is not the same as understanding.”
